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(No Model.)

J. B. WARDWELL.

BASKET SUPPORT FOR LADDERS.

No. 325,290. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

Invemgm Unrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMY BARKER WARDVELL, OF ORMOND, FLORIDA.

BASKET-SUPPORT FOR LADDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,290, datedSeptember 1, 1885.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMY BARKER ARD- WELL, of Ormond, in the county ofVolusia, of the State of Florida, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Basket Supports or Brackets for Ladders; and I do herebydeclare the same to be described in the following specification, andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which.

Figure l is a perspective view of a ladder and bracket of my inventionapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top view, Fig. 3 a side elevation, and Fig.4 a longitudinal section,of such bracket.

The nature of my invention is defined in the claims hereinafterpresented.

The said bracket is for supporting a basket for receiving fruit pickedfrom a tree by a person while standing on a ladder resting against suchtree.

In the said drawings, A represents the main or hooked portion or arm ofthe bracket, such portion having at its larger end a hook, c, and at itslesser end two hooks, b and 0, these latter hooks projecting in oppositedirections from each other. 011 its front face the part A is providedwith a shoulder or shoulders, (I c, for supporting it against one of thelongitudinal barsf of a ladder, C, when the rear hook, a, is hooked onone of the rounds g of such ladder. From the rear face of the arm orportion A. there is extended a forked brace, B, whose prongs grasp thesaid round 9, and thereby aid in keeping the bracket in its properposition. This forked brace is held to the arm A by a screw, h,extending from such brace through a slot, i, made lengthwise in the partor arm A, a thumb-nut, 7:, being screwed on such screw. The saidscrew-nut and slot are to admit of the brace being moved and adjusted tocarry it nearer to or farther from the hook a or the hooks b and c, asoccasion may require.

To keep the brace from turning out of place, the next'adjacentbearing-surfaces of it and the port-ion A may be corrugated or fluted,so that the flutings of each may receive the corresponding projectionsof the other. The hook to and the prongs of the fork of the arm B, whenthey are to bear against the rounds of a ladder, I usually form withprojections or ridges that will prevent them from readily slipping onthe ladder-round lengthwise thereof.

The fruit-basket supporter or bracket made as described may be usedagainst either of the bars of a ladder, and will usually stand in orabout in a horizontal position when the ladder is inclined against atree, the fruit-receiving basket being hung on the upper outer hook ofthe bracket.

Usually a fruit receptacle 0r basket is suspended from one of the roundsof the ladder while a person on such ladder may be employed in pickingfruit from a tree against which the ladder may be resting. In most, ifnot all cases, more especially in picking oranges or lemons, where thefoliage and thorns of the tree are thick, it becomes difficult when thebasket is charged with fruit and hung on the inner side of the ladder toremove the basket from the ladder without doing injury to the tree or tothe fruit-picker. If hung on the outer side of the ladder, or that nexthim, the basket is apt to be in his way. \Vith my bracket the basket orfruit receptacle is supported at such a distance from the ladder as tobe out of the way of the person thereon, and very convenient for him tosupply it with fruit or to remove such basket from or apply it to thebracket, as occasion may require.

I claim 1'. The ladder bracket or fruit receptacle supporter,substantially as described, composed of the arm A, provided with hooksat its ends and with a shoulder or shoulders to extend from one side ofit, and of the furcated brace B, projecting from the other side of it,and arranged essentially as set forth.

2. The ladder-bracket composed of an arm, A, provided with hooks at itsends and with a shoulder or shoulders, d 6, extending from one side ofit, and of a furcated brace, B, applied to the outer side of such armand provided with means, as described, by which such brace may beadjusted and fastened on the arm into different positions relatively tothe hooks thereof, all being essentially as represented.

JEREMY BARKER. VARDVELTJ. [a lVit-nesses:

Looirrs G. DAY, SELDEN N. SANFORD.

